Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic limited educational and career development opportunities for medical students, requiring innovative programs to accelerate professional identity formation and clinical skills acquisition. 

Methods: We developed a brief coaching intervention that took place over the advanced (sub-internship) emergency medicine rotation at our institution. We trained coaches using a newly developed workshop, who met with students for an average of 4.5 hours over 3 weeks.

Impact/effectiveness: We showed that this coaching program was both feasible and impactful for faculty coaches and medical students.